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These easy crock pot recipes can be prepared in 5 minutes or less! Slow cooker recipes like these make busy back to school days so much easier and are a great way to use up your pantry canned food staples. These crock pot main dish and side recipes make it easy to throw together a home cooked meal in a snap for your family to enjoy for dinner after a busy day.
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Crock Pot Recipes Using Canned Goods
Updated 3/16/2020
Cris here. Whether you are stuck at home or find yourself very busy juggling all the things, pantry cooking can help put dinner on the table quick and easy.
Below is a post we did with Cans Get You Cooking a while back when they asked me to share with you a little about how my pantry helps me feed my family on busy school days. I thought it might come in handy for those of us that are trying to cook through things we might already have on hand.
Cans Get You Cooking
I have always been a big fan of the convenience canned food offers me. By maintaining a well stocked pantry, I have a lot of options even when I do not have a lot of time. Aside from convenience, I also love the kind of flavors you can add to a dish straight from the can. Substituting chicken broth for water will almost always take the flavor up a notch in any crock pot recipe. Additionally, there are many canned beans, tomatoes, corn, etc. that have delicious additions like garlic, onion, basil, peppers, chilies and more already added into the can.
I love using these kinds of ingredients to make a nutritious home cooked meal for my family even when our schedules are crazy. But how does the nutritional content of canned foods stack up to their frozen and fresh counterparts? Studies conducted by researchers at Michigan State University, UC Davis and Oregon State University all concluded that canned foods have similar (or better) nutritional profiles as their fresh or frozen equivalents.
Main Dish Recipes Ready to Cook in 5 Minutes or Less
These crock pot main dish recipes are some of our go-to recipes that are super easy to throw together.
This Crock Pot Italian Pot Roast is a fantastic all day slow cooker recipe. It is simple to throw together in the morning and results in a tender fall apart roast with an incredible flavor!
Fiesta Slow Cooker Pork Chops Recipe: One of our favorite quick and easy crock pot recipes. Ready to cook in 5 minutes . Flavorful and tender chops with a fiesta twist!
Truth be told, side dishes are often an afterthought in this house. I LOVE it when my slow cooker can help me not only put together a fantastic main dish but has my back with my side dishes. Here are some great side dishes that we love to crock!
It only takes three simple ingredients to turn a can of green beans into a flavorful side dish that will remind you of your grandma's home grown green beans. You won't believe how easy our Crock Pot Green Beans are to make! These are perfect for a comforting weeknight meal and special enough for your holiday menus.
Are you looking for a great dish to bring to an upcoming party or potluck? These Crock Pot Party Beans make a fantastic dish full of flavor and everyone just loves them!
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I will try been beans in crock pot. I keep cream of chicken soup on hand.
The recipe that I would like to try to Catalina Chicken Thighs. We eat a lot of chicken and I love pineapple. Sounds yummy!!!
The canned food we always have on hand is green beans, then stewed tomatoes and corn.
I always have cream of mushroom soup on hand. I would like to try the crock pot sausage dinner.
I try to keep cream of mushroom soup, green beans, corn, canned pinto beans and canned tomatoes in hand so I can whip up quick meals when I need to. I want to try the fiesta Mac and cheese it sounds delish!!!!
Will try green beans in crock pot!
I have chicken and beef broth,mushroom soup and corn
Cream of Mushroom comes in handy for a lot of recipes.
I keep cream of chicken soup on hand.
I want to try crock pot party beans. And I would love to make some desserts from your site.
Thanks so much
I want to try all the recipes, but especially the Crockpot Italian Chicken. I keep creamed soups on hand at all times and beans.
I keep all kinds of canned veggies on hand. I plan to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese as soon as possible.
Cream of celery soup & tuna always in pantry
I always have cans of sweet corn, green beans, carrots and cream of mushroom. I am totally disabled and do not drive so important to keep canned vegetables handy. I would like to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese.
Always keep a good stock of canned items. Never out of canned tomatoes.
I always have corn, green beans, peas and cream of mushroom soup…and 9 times out of 10 I also have cream of chicken soup too. I am excited to try a few of these recipes!!
I always have black beans on hand. I want to try the French Onion soup and the Fiesta Mac and Cheese. My husband loves the soup but I have never found a recipe that we liked so I think the crockpot one would be a good idea to try and I love Mac and cheese so added a little flavor to it looks amazing ๐
Always have Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken soup on hand. Will be trying Catalina Chicken and Italian chicken
I love my freezer, but always have a variety of beans, fruit, and soups on hand.
Love slow cooker receipts.
Corn, black beans, cream of mushroom soup
I always have canned mushrooms.. I add them to about everything I make, from soups, potatoes, entrees, grilling outdoors…
I always have the cream of soups, Chicken, Mushroom, Onion. I also keep Cheddar Cheese soup as well as several types of beans, Green, Kidney, and Lisa.
Chicken broth and cream of chicken/celery soup always on hand. I want to try the pork chops and anything with chicken in it.
I always have the canned creamed soups, especially cream of mushroom soup. You can make so many things from the soups. I also have canned green beans. I don’t know what it is about the canned green beans, but they just taste so much better to me than even fresh ones. Always keep canned tomatoes on hand, even though I am not much of a tomato eater. They are so necessary in so many recipes.
For my bonus entry…I want to try the Italian pot roast. Thanks for another chance to win.
I always have stewed tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup and chicken broth.
I will try been beans in crock pot. I keep cream of chicken soup on hand.
The recipe that I would like to try to Catalina Chicken Thighs. We eat a lot of chicken and I love pineapple. Sounds yummy!!!
The canned food we always have on hand is green beans, then stewed tomatoes and corn.
I always have cream of mushroom soup on hand. I would like to try the crock pot sausage dinner.
I try to keep cream of mushroom soup, green beans, corn, canned pinto beans and canned tomatoes in hand so I can whip up quick meals when I need to. I want to try the fiesta Mac and cheese it sounds delish!!!!
Will try green beans in crock pot!
I have chicken and beef broth,mushroom soup and corn
Cream of Mushroom comes in handy for a lot of recipes.
I keep cream of chicken soup on hand.
I want to try crock pot party beans. And I would love to make some desserts from your site.
Thanks so much
I want to try all the recipes, but especially the Crockpot Italian Chicken. I keep creamed soups on hand at all times and beans.
I keep all kinds of canned veggies on hand. I plan to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese as soon as possible.
Cream of celery soup & tuna always in pantry
I always have cans of sweet corn, green beans, carrots and cream of mushroom. I am totally disabled and do not drive so important to keep canned vegetables handy. I would like to try the Fiesta Mac and Cheese.
Always keep a good stock of canned items. Never out of canned tomatoes.
I always have corn, green beans, peas and cream of mushroom soup…and 9 times out of 10 I also have cream of chicken soup too. I am excited to try a few of these recipes!!
I always have black beans on hand. I want to try the French Onion soup and the Fiesta Mac and Cheese. My husband loves the soup but I have never found a recipe that we liked so I think the crockpot one would be a good idea to try and I love Mac and cheese so added a little flavor to it looks amazing ๐
Always have Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken soup on hand. Will be trying Catalina Chicken and Italian chicken
I love my freezer, but always have a variety of beans, fruit, and soups on hand.
Love slow cooker receipts.
Corn, black beans, cream of mushroom soup
I always have canned mushrooms.. I add them to about everything I make, from soups, potatoes, entrees, grilling outdoors…
I always have the cream of soups, Chicken, Mushroom, Onion. I also keep Cheddar Cheese soup as well as several types of beans, Green, Kidney, and Lisa.
Chicken broth and cream of chicken/celery soup always on hand. I want to try the pork chops and anything with chicken in it.
I always have the canned creamed soups, especially cream of mushroom soup. You can make so many things from the soups. I also have canned green beans. I don’t know what it is about the canned green beans, but they just taste so much better to me than even fresh ones. Always keep canned tomatoes on hand, even though I am not much of a tomato eater. They are so necessary in so many recipes.
For my bonus entry…I want to try the Italian pot roast. Thanks for another chance to win.
I always have stewed tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup and chicken broth.